Guide to the Judith Hennessee Papers, 1950s-1999

The collection primarily contains materials
related to Hennessee's writing career and her participation
in the
National Organization for
Women (NOW). Most of the NOW materials concern
its 1972 petition to the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) to deny renewal of WABC-TV's license due to alleged
discrimination against women in programming and employment.
Included are legal documents; information related to NOW's
monitoring study of WABC; reports pertaining to ABC and
other television networks; and materials concerning the
portrayal of women in the broadcast and print media,
including several issues of the
Media Report to Women
newsletter. Other feminist materials include clippings,
reports, political buttons and stickers, publications, and
printed material, including several issues of the feminist
literary magazine
aphra and various
women's organizations' newsletters. The collection also
includes interview transcripts and other research materials
for, correspondence about, and both a typescript and a
published copy of Hennessee's biography
Betty Friedan: Her life. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center
for Women's History and Culture.

Access Restrictions

Researchers may not attribute quotations from transcripts designated "Off" or "Off the record."

All or portions of this collection
may be housed off-site in the Duke University Library
Service Center. There may be a 48-hour delay
in obtaining these materials.

Please contact Research Services staff before
visiting the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library to use this collection.

Use Restrictions

The copyright interests in this collection have
not been transferred to Duke University. For more
information, consult the copyright section of the
Regulations and Procedures of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.